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for the comment i made about the dangers foreign policy decisions since vietnam, it was not just the surge, but the overall war of choice owing into iraq. -- going into iraq. that particular decision made on the surge, but waas -- of the war was a bad dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that occurred in this country, aside from what that date to take our focus off of afghanistan, which was the original and real threat to this country, iraq was not. i always try to frame all of the different issues for i make a decision on anything. we could have differences in opinions. that is essentially why i took the position -- >> it is a fundamental difference of opinion, senator hagel. when there are 59 votes and that senate that spend our time trying to prevent that 60th, thank gofd for senator lieberma. your refusal to answer whether you are right or wrong about it will have an impact on my judgment as to whether to vote for your confirmation or not. i hope you'll reconsider the fact that you refuse to answer a fundamental question about an issue that took the lives of tho
for the comment i made about the dangers foreign policy decisions since vietnam, it was not just the surge, but the overall war of choice owing into iraq. -- going into iraq. that particular decision made on the surge, but waas -- of the war was a bad dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that occurred in this country, aside from what that date to take our focus off of afghanistan, which was the original and real threat to this country, iraq was not. i always try to frame all...
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and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what it the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be put in because he wants to be quote unquote neutral but not everyone in the region wants the united states to be neutral and then because of these treaty commitments the united states may find itself having to do something that it really doesn't want to do go ahead john. as you point out the united states you know prof
and military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very...
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then hagel called it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. even if the troop surge had failed it would not have been that. this is a record to be proud of? after vietnam the country was gripped with a reluctance to use military force. it was known as vietnam syndrome. the first president bush thought he banished it with the success of the first gulf war. but with president obama re-elected, the u.s. out of iraq soon to be out of afghanistan and chuck hagel chosen for defense, that syndrome seems to be back again. >> bret: there are some in this town that the hagel nomination and all the controversy surrounding it is over hamas, the surge, it's going to get a lot of attention. perhaps it's going to take a lot of attention from the brennan nomination, do you buy that? >> i do. i think there will be a big fight over hagel. there will be confirmation hearings and suspends will he make it or will he not. i think in the end he will make it. it's unusual for the senate to engage in two major confirmations makess at the same time. >> bret: thank you.
then hagel called it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. even if the troop surge had failed it would not have been that. this is a record to be proud of? after vietnam the country was gripped with a reluctance to use military force. it was known as vietnam syndrome. the first president bush thought he banished it with the success of the first gulf war. but with president obama re-elected, the u.s. out of iraq soon to be out of afghanistan and chuck hagel chosen for defense, that...
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more over, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources and global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve to lead, is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions, an economic patriotism that recognizes american strength and prospects abroad depend on american strength and results at home. it's hard to tell the leadership of the number of countries that they have to deal with the imf, balance their budget, create economic order where there is none, if we don't provide it for ourselves. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama's vision for the world as he ends more than a decade of war, that we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and every one of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone. we cannot al
more over, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources and global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve to lead, is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions, an economic patriotism that recognizes american strength and prospects abroad...
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military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting how you phrase this because the weakest link of american foreign policy in the pacific is its allies potentially because what if the japanese wanted to be more aggressive the filipinos the south koreans go on and on this is it's of to kerry's position for the united states to be put in because he wants to be quote unquote neutral but not everyone in the region wants the united states to be neutral and then because of these treaty commitments the united states may find itself having to do something that it really doesn't want to do go ahead john. as you point out the united states you know professe
military policy and china of course as you say wants to have a foreign policy that is common with its economic strength that's growing economic strength so we see these two tigers on the mountain as the expression goes in the asia realm and the united states really is caught in the middle of it doesn't really want to tangle with china and at the same time it has to support its ally japan but it's mostly a bystander role that it's playing john if i can stay with you that it's very interesting...
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about foreign-policy. more than ever before, the decisions that we make from the safety of our shores do not just ripple outward. they also create a current right here in america. how we conduct our foreign- policy matters more than ever before to our everyday lives. the opportunities of all the students i met standing outside , what ever they are, thinking about the future. it is important not just in terms of the threats we face, but the products that we buy, the goods that we sell, and the opportunity that we provide for economic growth and vitality. it's not just about whether we will be compelled to send our troops to another battle, but whether will be able to send our graduates -- but whether we will be able to send our graduates into a driving workforce. that is why i am here today. i am here because our lives as americans are more intertwined than ever before with the lives of people across the world that we have never visited. and the global challenge of diplomacy, development, economic security,
about foreign-policy. more than ever before, the decisions that we make from the safety of our shores do not just ripple outward. they also create a current right here in america. how we conduct our foreign- policy matters more than ever before to our everyday lives. the opportunities of all the students i met standing outside , what ever they are, thinking about the future. it is important not just in terms of the threats we face, but the products that we buy, the goods that we sell, and the...
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policy republican foreign policy circles. we're going to see this play out in the next several weeks. >> john: let's talk about the specific controversy. what is chuck hagel's specific record when it comes to israel. >> he has been a long and historyic supporter. he has voted for sanctions against iran and advocateed for diplomat i canic approaches. this mirrors what the american people want. he has consistently supported aide to israel's military and he has great credibility amongst israeli leadership and even the israeli government said last night they don't want to get in the middle of this fight. this is something for the american people to decide, but his record with israel, and we'll see during these hearings will come out and it will be very strong and seen as a positive one. >> john: here is a man who has been to war and is being questioned by men who never wore the uniform in. >> this is a man who bled for his country. he had been in vietnam. he served with distinct. he received two purple hearts. he ran the uso supp
policy republican foreign policy circles. we're going to see this play out in the next several weeks. >> john: let's talk about the specific controversy. what is chuck hagel's specific record when it comes to israel. >> he has been a long and historyic supporter. he has voted for sanctions against iran and advocateed for diplomat i canic approaches. this mirrors what the american people want. he has consistently supported aide to israel's military and he has great credibility...
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we are them and they did not hijack american or american foreign policy but did what we wanted that is one of the reasons we had forgotten them if we want to find who was to blame of what the dulles brothers left behind rather than point a finger at the dulles brothers on the wall baby look in the of the year would be more effective turco . but as a first force was missionary calvinism the dulles brothers drop in the parsonage their father was a clergyman and so was their father and great-grandfather many great-uncle's and also missionaries' the grandfather went off to india to convert that he then sand at home they always had missionaries on their way back from china or the middle east faugh it was a burst in the missionary ketose. this was not just plant but a very specific form and it had to essential principles. the first is the world is made up of good and evil forces. christiansen not have the right to sit home and hope that good triumphs over evil you half -- evil you have to convert those and bring them to the white if you don't do that you are not fulfilling the purpose for wh
we are them and they did not hijack american or american foreign policy but did what we wanted that is one of the reasons we had forgotten them if we want to find who was to blame of what the dulles brothers left behind rather than point a finger at the dulles brothers on the wall baby look in the of the year would be more effective turco . but as a first force was missionary calvinism the dulles brothers drop in the parsonage their father was a clergyman and so was their father and...
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the president's main foreign policy goal is to end them. in the presidential election he won this city, got more votes than any other candidates, and he made his intentions clear during the election process. many think he was indeed the right man for the job, but there are still many who remain unconvinced, and with only 100 days into a four-year term, rouhani will have many opportunities to try to win over his opponents. >>> turning to the economy now, the government's employment report turned out to be an october surprise for some economists, they had been expecting much weaker job progress because of the government shutdown. >> reporter: the 16-day government shutdown was expected to dent an already weak job market. but the latest numbers showed u.s. businesses stuck to their hiring plans. employers added 204,000 jobs in october blowing away estimates. the unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.3%, but the percentage of working age people participating in the labor force fell to 62.8%, signalling growing discouragement. >> the best rem
the president's main foreign policy goal is to end them. in the presidential election he won this city, got more votes than any other candidates, and he made his intentions clear during the election process. many think he was indeed the right man for the job, but there are still many who remain unconvinced, and with only 100 days into a four-year term, rouhani will have many opportunities to try to win over his opponents. >>> turning to the economy now, the government's employment...
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tuesday's talks focused on economic and foreign policy the talks took place at the brew when the offices of the csu bavarian sister party of the fundamentals cdu. those conservative parties need to agree with the left of center as pd appears to be a so called grand coalition the parties say they are making progress. but the stds general secretary pointed to disagreements over the eu. it is today that the snp wants to see stronger and better course nation of foreign policy at the european level you are still some disagreement about that. it's an instant internet. the csu in particular is worried about too much power being granted to brussels and competence inevitable. was suppose to go for hours being given to the european union is not on the agenda. if the cia and were not prepared to consider any further transfers of power to the eu from nation states to twenty oh one contest between so nice to keep it. there is agreement in some areas. all three parties want to spend money on internet infrastructure as well as on road and rail networks they're still disagreement about a motorway toll e
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the authority to change foreign policy. the power makeup in your country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the strategies. if you are asking me about his performance over the last few months, then i'm satisfied. >> reporter: he has already done what many thought impossible. ended 34 years of official silence between washington and tehran. others warn foreign policy must be on iran's terms. >> translator: the u.s. wants iran to be a member of the world which it designed, but we don't accept it. if our ties are going to be normal, the u.s. should change its interactions with iran, and i don't think the political atmosphere of society has reached the point where people or the government will accept a condescending or unequal relationship. >> reporter: the foreign policy has not shifted with respect to how it relates to its allies. while the nuclear issue has dominated the first days of the president's time in office. international sanctions have had age pact on iran's economy. the president's main foreig
the authority to change foreign policy. the power makeup in your country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the strategies. if you are asking me about his performance over the last few months, then i'm satisfied. >> reporter: he has already done what many thought impossible. ended 34 years of official silence between washington and tehran. others warn foreign policy must be on iran's terms. >> translator: the u.s. wants iran to be a member of the world which it...
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. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the search would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong. and you are free to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> let the record show that you refuse to answer the question. >> he finally gave the answer he wanted to give. >> i saw the suffering and consequences of a war. i did second think the search. would this be worth the sacrifice? we lost almost 1200 dead americans during that period was it required, necessary? >> how much of that exchange was political, how much was personal, and how much was related to our defense policy, mark? >> 92, 11, 13. [laughter] a lot of it was personal. one could not watch those hearings without feeling that there were a lot of personal grudges, even vendettas, being settled. >> entered john cornyn of texas says it cannot support the nominee for defense secret
. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the search would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong. and you are free to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> let the record show that you refuse to answer the question. >>...
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with a little change expected in washington's foreign policy some u.s. secrets are likely to remain hidden overseas later on we analyze the investigation into cia prisons all and dragging on for five years and has had little assistance from america we try to shed some light on the issue about an. ongoing turmoil on the streets of egypt threatens to push the country towards collapse the stark warning came from the fans minister as violent protests show no sign of relenting at a government demonstrators continue to defy president morsi is curfew clashing with police and troops in cities along the suez canal for tasker's also seem undeterred by new law granting the military power to arrest thousands have been forcefully calling for an end to the rule of the islamist leader mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood for a week now blaming them for hijacking and betraying the revolution however ahmed mccabe co-founder of the council of trustees of the revolution in egypt says and the chaos the military's role should not be underestimated. the surface interpreta
with a little change expected in washington's foreign policy some u.s. secrets are likely to remain hidden overseas later on we analyze the investigation into cia prisons all and dragging on for five years and has had little assistance from america we try to shed some light on the issue about an. ongoing turmoil on the streets of egypt threatens to push the country towards collapse the stark warning came from the fans minister as violent protests show no sign of relenting at a government...
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to change foreign policy. the power makeup in our country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the principle strategies. you asked me about his performance over the past few months, then i'm satisfied. >> and in that few months rouhani already had done what many thought impossible. ending official silence between iran. >> the u.s. wants to be part of the world, but we don't expect it. i don't think the political atmosphere of society has reached a point where people or the government will accept a condescending or unequal relationship. >> iran's foreign policy has not changed. the u.s. and its allies accuse iran of using it's civilian program as a cover for a military one. and because of that international sanctions have had an impact on iran's economy. the president's main foreign policy goal is to end, but the sanctions have not eased. in the presidential election rouhani won the city. he won more votes than any other candidates. he made his foreign policy intention clear. many iranians d
to change foreign policy. the power makeup in our country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the principle strategies. you asked me about his performance over the past few months, then i'm satisfied. >> and in that few months rouhani already had done what many thought impossible. ending official silence between iran. >> the u.s. wants to be part of the world, but we don't expect it. i don't think the political atmosphere of society has reached a point where...
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kennedy as a foreign policy senator. think that might be particularly interesting to this group here. as i suggested earlier, kennedy love foreign affairs, history. this was his first love. i had a wonderful interview with harris wofford was a former senator. he was also an assistant of kennedy's when kennedy was a senator. kennedy could not get enough of foreign policy. it was the one issue that just really, really set them. my first real appreciation of kennedy as a foreign policy senator game. it was the book that he published in 1960 called the strategy of peace, which is a compilation of this in a speech. i was astounded his speeches on foreign policy because they were really remarkable documents. i mean, he's on and on tough issues. he put them in a really sophisticated, historical context. he would kendis the array of possible solutions and would offer a really detailed plan about how they should go forward on a particular issue. and there's a couple that just want to touch on briefly. the first one, and it is ast
kennedy as a foreign policy senator. think that might be particularly interesting to this group here. as i suggested earlier, kennedy love foreign affairs, history. this was his first love. i had a wonderful interview with harris wofford was a former senator. he was also an assistant of kennedy's when kennedy was a senator. kennedy could not get enough of foreign policy. it was the one issue that just really, really set them. my first real appreciation of kennedy as a foreign policy senator...
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that he's very well regarded on issues of foreign policy. the republicans are used to holding an advantage on that mantle, have lost it to an extent. so they just want to pick a fight. >> so what do you think, perry? you know, at what point does this become very serious? i mean, we're reporting this morning possibly as many as ten democrats who are considering whether to vote for him. >> i think that a number of democrats will be different when the hearing actually starts. after that i actually don't think this is about obama particularly opposition. a lot of republicans don't like chuck hagel. chuck hagel for years now has criticized the iraq war. he's criticized virtually every view john mccain has had about foreign policy. and john mccain's a leading figure in the republican party on foreign policy. so it's not surprising to me. what you have to see is how well the white house defends this pick. right now this is a pick that doesn't have a lot of friends on either side of the party. ultimately democrats are going to listen to what barack
that he's very well regarded on issues of foreign policy. the republicans are used to holding an advantage on that mantle, have lost it to an extent. so they just want to pick a fight. >> so what do you think, perry? you know, at what point does this become very serious? i mean, we're reporting this morning possibly as many as ten democrats who are considering whether to vote for him. >> i think that a number of democrats will be different when the hearing actually starts. after...
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as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, but more to the point our war in iraq, i think was the most fundamentally bad, dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that o occurred in this country to blood and treasure, aside what that did to take our focus off of afghanistan, which, in fact, was the original and real focus of the national threat to this country, iraq was not, i always try to frame all the different issues before i made a decision on anything. now just as you said, senator, we can have differences of opinion, but that's essentially why i took the position i did. >> it's a fundamental difference of opinion, senator hagel, and senator graham and i and senator lieberman when there were 59 votes in the united states senate spent our time trying to prevent that 60th. thank god for senator lieberman. i think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong si
as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, but more to the point our war in iraq, i think was the most fundamentally bad, dangerous decision since vietnam. aside from the costs that o occurred in this country to blood and treasure, aside what that did to take our focus off of afghanistan, which, in fact, was the original...
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clinton had no background in foreign policy, no interest in the foreign policy. people say they went to georgetown, the school really wasn't good enough as i am concerned. i hope i am not offending anyone in georgetown she put together a security team all of them were gone within a year or two for the most part when you look at christopher and the cia was a very peculiar appointment. he did something that needs to be corrected. he was in the foreign policy bureaucracy as i am concerned he brought to the right wing and abolishing the arms control and disarmed the agency. those we need in washington for the making of policy and he expanded nato you're taking the military and a that is a factor or not and bring more members to draw closer to russia and even bring in as george bush did the former hud republics of the soviet union into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about this and he lost his nerve on the things the country needed to do in terms of international agreements need to be a part of the accord and signed a comprehensive test ban tre
clinton had no background in foreign policy, no interest in the foreign policy. people say they went to georgetown, the school really wasn't good enough as i am concerned. i hope i am not offending anyone in georgetown she put together a security team all of them were gone within a year or two for the most part when you look at christopher and the cia was a very peculiar appointment. he did something that needs to be corrected. he was in the foreign policy bureaucracy as i am concerned he...
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he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican party's entire turn towards the unilateral, the very idea that america had the idea to topple the multiple dictators. this is what makes hagel so important, he is one of the few who is changed by iraq. he goes on to write "what the republican foreign policy establishment fears is that with hagel as secretary of defense it will become impossible for obama to minimize the dangers of war with iraq." hagel will be what colin powell was in the '90s, the military man who reminds the colleagues at war, once unleashed can't be easily controlled. once you start with war with iran, hagel warned, you better be prepared to find 100,000 troops because it may take that. it may not be limited war fare, i don't think any nation could go into it that way. i don't know if he will be a better secretary of defense, but in choosing hagel, president obama chose a republican who the neo conservatives drove from the party. in
he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican party's entire turn towards the unilateral, the very idea that america had the idea to topple the multiple dictators. this is what makes hagel so important, he is one of the few who is changed by iraq. he goes on to write "what the republican foreign policy establishment fears is that with hagel as secretary of defense it will become...
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policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they had learned from vietnam is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go in and just destroy a government occupy a country and remold their country so it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating mistakes rather than learning from them we still keep getting into the. war for wars or interventions another country's. i mean it's wrong period you're not going to win. we don't win in iraq. we didn't win in afghanistan and we're grateful even when even there with our tail between our lives and the same thing is like a vietnam we didn't win nothing who won absolutely nothing and you know and they just don't get it we've tried to rule the world we've tried to do it in the novel way in a way that's been damaging to every nation in the world but in the process the united states has become less and less
policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they had learned from vietnam is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go in and just destroy a government occupy a country and remold their country so it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> well, let the record show you refused to answer that question. now please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no? >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. >> senator mccain and a lot of republican washington is banking on the lesson learned from the iraq war, being that we should have started that war, we should have escalated that war, we should have kept that war going, and now ten years on our only regret about the iraq war should be that we're
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >>...
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kennedy as a foreign policy senator. think that might be particularly interesting to this group here. as i suggested earlier, kennedy love foreign affairs, history. this was his first love. i had a wonderful interview with harris wofford was a former senator. he was also an assistant of kennedy's when kennedy was a senator. kennedy could not get enough of foreign policy. it was the one issue that just really, really set them. my first real appreciation of kennedy as a foreign policy senator game. it was the book that he published in 1960 called the strategy of peace, which is a compilation of this in a speech. i was astounded his speeches on foreign policy because they were really remarkable documents. i mean, he's on and on tough issues. he put them in a really sophisticated, historical context. he would kendis the array of possible solutions and would offer a really detailed plan about how they should go forward on a particular issue. and there's a couple that just want to touch on briefly. the first one, and it is ast
kennedy as a foreign policy senator. think that might be particularly interesting to this group here. as i suggested earlier, kennedy love foreign affairs, history. this was his first love. i had a wonderful interview with harris wofford was a former senator. he was also an assistant of kennedy's when kennedy was a senator. kennedy could not get enough of foreign policy. it was the one issue that just really, really set them. my first real appreciation of kennedy as a foreign policy senator...
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today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me. i don't know how i'm going to react to it, to be honest. >> reporter: senator kerry takes over. president obama's choice to run the pentagon is a different story. former senator chuck hagel, a vietnam veteran, took heavy fire from his own party. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> you refuse to answer that question. >> reporter: he was hammered by gop se
today, the focus is on the foreign policy team. tahman bradley is watching the ever-changing lineup and joins us from washington with more. hi, tahman. >> reporter: hey, rob and sunny. clinton is out, kerry is in. and chuck hagel, a republican, who you would think would be a bipartisan pick is under furnd. john kerry takes over today. will hillary clinton run for president. >> i don't know how else to say it but i'm going get back into my life again. this is going to be new for me....
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two committees in congress dealing with the military, foreign policy and also on the intel committee. also, a combat veteran. vietnam vets ought to love the fact that someone from their era is now going to be in this position. i think he'll get confirmed because the standard is dick cheney, who took less than a week to get confirmed after john tower didn't cut it under bush 41. this should be a slam-dunk. in fact, you could easily make the argument that this is one of the best selections ever when it comes to qualifications for secretary of defense. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question are, the republicans opposing chuck hagel for partisan political reasons? text a for yes. text b for now to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining me now is joe sestak, former three-star admiral of the navy and former congressman from pennsylvania. great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you, ed. >> how qualified is senator hagel to be the defense secretary? >> absolutely qualified,
two committees in congress dealing with the military, foreign policy and also on the intel committee. also, a combat veteran. vietnam vets ought to love the fact that someone from their era is now going to be in this position. i think he'll get confirmed because the standard is dick cheney, who took less than a week to get confirmed after john tower didn't cut it under bush 41. this should be a slam-dunk. in fact, you could easily make the argument that this is one of the best selections ever...
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policy and defense over the years. the questionn answering if he's the nominee do his views make sense for that particular job? >> hagel is no stranger to the u.s. senate having served two terms there but could that be part of his problem? we should tell our audience that we all believe that chuck hagel will eventually be confirmed. that's not what we're talking about. i want to bring up what you asked john about, krystal, the gay comments. when you read them, as someone that supports gay rights i find them to be vile and then put myself back in the 1998 mind-set and what the military culture was like them. don't ask don't tell came out of the clinton administration because there was sort of an appetite for that. so he's apologized and i can forgive those comments. i just think it's really interesting that, you know, groups like the human rights council and other gay advocacy groups, people like barney frank coming around to chuck hagel and finding themselves to be very sort of accepting of his apology and i don't thin
policy and defense over the years. the questionn answering if he's the nominee do his views make sense for that particular job? >> hagel is no stranger to the u.s. senate having served two terms there but could that be part of his problem? we should tell our audience that we all believe that chuck hagel will eventually be confirmed. that's not what we're talking about. i want to bring up what you asked john about, krystal, the gay comments. when you read them, as someone that supports gay...
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policies in the united states. and it was an official concern of the u.s. government and especially the cold war when we try to have a scientific approach to measure opinion to analyze the source of resistance to the united states to come up with policies to combat it. but it is as lofty category of analysis that reduces or deducts from the sum total knowledge but full diversity is the same and the problem is they don't think like us or use reasoning. they are irrational. their hot blooded, prisoners of their emotion. not because we fought a war with mexico and a calf of the territory or in international disputes which we could argue but anti-americanism is a way to look at the world as a mayor. we have a monologue we want it to tell us we're the fairest of them all. that makes an excellent fairy tale that is not very effective. >>host: have been talking with american university professor friedman rethink anti-americanism, the history of an exceptional concept in american foreign relations. here is the cover publis
policies in the united states. and it was an official concern of the u.s. government and especially the cold war when we try to have a scientific approach to measure opinion to analyze the source of resistance to the united states to come up with policies to combat it. but it is as lofty category of analysis that reduces or deducts from the sum total knowledge but full diversity is the same and the problem is they don't think like us or use reasoning. they are irrational. their hot blooded,...
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in terms of actual policy, what is the other side most concerned about visa vee, you know, foreign policy moving forward. >> unfortunately, yesterday instead of asking, as i did, about the implementation of changes and getting those changes made so that we can prevent this from happening again or at least reduce the likelihood substantially, what you saw was a lot of frankly a lot of politics, but i think most americans saw it for what it was, and it's important when you ask questions about benghazi to have looked at not just the information on the public record, but the classified information as well, and i think some of those questions would have been a little different if more people looked at the classified record on this. >> just slightly different. it begs the question, though, senator casey, if the biggest concern right now is allegiance to either the yankees or the red sox, are you going to hold this nomination up over the phillies? >> i think i have to make sure that we have a secretary of state in place. i can't allow my prejudice to get in the way. by the way, the reason i have
in terms of actual policy, what is the other side most concerned about visa vee, you know, foreign policy moving forward. >> unfortunately, yesterday instead of asking, as i did, about the implementation of changes and getting those changes made so that we can prevent this from happening again or at least reduce the likelihood substantially, what you saw was a lot of frankly a lot of politics, but i think most americans saw it for what it was, and it's important when you ask questions...
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devoted to economics or foreign policy, iraq and iran, what ever it should be. at cbs we made a deal about never giving you the questions or categories, because you are supposed to keep that distance. >> do you feel any sense of discomfort at having to participate in what you did this time. >> this is the first time i have that this way and this was new, and basically -- janet called me and said, this time we want to divide this up into six categories, and i said, fine. you did not have to say in what order were anything but i think -- you really don't need to in today's sophisticated world. >> but you did. and this hadn't happened before so why was the change. >> with the commission said to me was that they were keen on two things. and the commission is running this. the three of us and candy are not rolling this. >> by your jim lehrer. >> -- you are jim lehrer. >> this is how they ask and here is how the imitation goes to the debate. and if under these rules, would you do this certain fang -- i found out what they propose and made the decision, i would do that
devoted to economics or foreign policy, iraq and iran, what ever it should be. at cbs we made a deal about never giving you the questions or categories, because you are supposed to keep that distance. >> do you feel any sense of discomfort at having to participate in what you did this time. >> this is the first time i have that this way and this was new, and basically -- janet called me and said, this time we want to divide this up into six categories, and i said, fine. you did not...
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with a little change expected in washington's foreign policy some u.s. secrets are likely to remain hidden overseas later on we had a wise investigation into a cia prison poland that's been dragging on for five has had a little assistance from america to try to shed some light on the issue in about ten minutes. on going to more on the streets of egypt threatens to push the country towards collapse that stark warning came from the defense minister as violent protests show no sign of relenting anti-government demonstrators continue to defy president morsy is curfew clashing with police and troops in cities along the suez canal. protesters also seem to target by new walk rantings of military power to arrest thousands have been forcefully calling for an ant to the rule of islam this leader khalid morsi and the muslim brotherhood for weeks now blaming them for hijacking and betraying the revolution however that the key co-founder of the council of trustees of the revolution in egypt says amid the chaos the military's role should not be underestimated. the sur
with a little change expected in washington's foreign policy some u.s. secrets are likely to remain hidden overseas later on we had a wise investigation into a cia prison poland that's been dragging on for five has had a little assistance from america to try to shed some light on the issue in about ten minutes. on going to more on the streets of egypt threatens to push the country towards collapse that stark warning came from the defense minister as violent protests show no sign of relenting...
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policy in johnson. there may be debate at the u.n. which will lead nowhere and maybe an international force somewhere down that road that might monitor assad, maybe, could, perhaps. that will keep the tyrant in power and putin will keep pulling his strings. in the meantime the usa keep getting weaker and weaker. joining us is fox's political analyst. where am i going wrong, charles? >> amazingly nowhere. you not only have stumbled on to the truth, you have stagrd on to the truth. it wasn't opposed because they were afraid of a u.s. strike. they know the president is completely ambivalent. they heard kerry say it would be incredibly small, even if there was a strike. the reason they made the offer is because they saw an opportunity to give obama a face-saving way out in which nothing happens in syria, except for the fact that russia's major ally, assad, stays in power, america doesn't strike, the rebels are demoralized and if there is any process, however weak, for looking at these chemical weapons, that
policy in johnson. there may be debate at the u.n. which will lead nowhere and maybe an international force somewhere down that road that might monitor assad, maybe, could, perhaps. that will keep the tyrant in power and putin will keep pulling his strings. in the meantime the usa keep getting weaker and weaker. joining us is fox's political analyst. where am i going wrong, charles? >> amazingly nowhere. you not only have stumbled on to the truth, you have stagrd on to the truth. it...
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. >> john is the right choice to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy. and i urge his speedy confirmation. >> if you confirm me, i would take office as secretary, proud that the senate is in my blood. but equally proud that so too is the foreign service. >> reporter: john mccain and kerry forged close bonds over vietnam. both naval officers, mccain was imprisoned. kerry returned to testify against the war in 1971. his first appearance before this committee. >> how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in vietnam? >> reporter: decades later, they united as senators to resolve p.o.w. issues and normalize relations with vietnam. >> working toward that end with john and witnessing almost daily his exemplary statesmanship is one of the highest privileges i've had here. >> reporter: today, they do have differences. mccain is more willing to arm the rebels in syria. >> i think we ought to tell the syrian people that we're either going to help them or we're not. >> if you have a complete implosion of the state, nobody has clearer definition of how you put t
. >> john is the right choice to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy. and i urge his speedy confirmation. >> if you confirm me, i would take office as secretary, proud that the senate is in my blood. but equally proud that so too is the foreign service. >> reporter: john mccain and kerry forged close bonds over vietnam. both naval officers, mccain was imprisoned. kerry returned to testify against the war in 1971. his first appearance before this committee....
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about foreign policy challenges in 2013. this is the opening section of "usa today" - >there are other stories in noting that the former senator, chuck hagel, when he was in office, approved about $38 billion in aid for the jewish state along with multiple trips to beat -- to meet with leaders there. that is a little bit of background on chuck hagel. david, indianapolis, democratic caller -- caller: good morning. i wanted to comment on the changes in the foreign policy that we will see. i agree with the last speaker, i believe the israelis need to be rained down. these guys used hawks, they elect hawks to take over their government and they are hardliners who will not bend when it comes to the palestinians or other middle eastern countries. we need someone to let them know that it is time to make a change in how they relate to the countries around them so that we can have peace in the middle east. there will not be a way as long as they consistently say that they will retaliate against anything that happens. host: two phone
about foreign policy challenges in 2013. this is the opening section of "usa today" - >there are other stories in noting that the former senator, chuck hagel, when he was in office, approved about $38 billion in aid for the jewish state along with multiple trips to beat -- to meet with leaders there. that is a little bit of background on chuck hagel. david, indianapolis, democratic caller -- caller: good morning. i wanted to comment on the changes in the foreign policy that we will...
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jimmy carter made it the centerpiece of the foreign policy. he took the first step to the peace in the middle east with the camp david accord. he was hurt by the iranian hostage crisis but it did bring them back alive. he is the best past president of modern times. humor, not much. but his mother supplied the laughs when she said sometimes when i look at my children i wish i had remained a virgin. [laughter] and i like what castaneda said. she said i don't mind carter being born again but did he have to come back as himself? [laughter] and i remember interviewing ms. lillian, carper's mother in georgia in 1976. she was still fuming over the women correspondence who had the labor that the campaign promise never to lie and kept asking why does he really mean by that? finally he said do you why? i might tell a little white lie. what do you mean cracks and public suspiration she said do you remember when you came through that door and i told you how beautiful you looked? [laughter] well, that is a beautiful little white lie. ronald reagan turned t
jimmy carter made it the centerpiece of the foreign policy. he took the first step to the peace in the middle east with the camp david accord. he was hurt by the iranian hostage crisis but it did bring them back alive. he is the best past president of modern times. humor, not much. but his mother supplied the laughs when she said sometimes when i look at my children i wish i had remained a virgin. [laughter] and i like what castaneda said. she said i don't mind carter being born again but did...
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i do believe that richard nixon had a lot to offer the president on foreign policy. one of the things that i have to say is he believed in the big-play. we call it a hail mary pass. china was the huge risk. so he had a lot to offer. but i do believe, i know this for a fact that it was difficult for the tapes to be available. richard nixon, by the way, he was totally in his right to assume that the tapes belonged to him. because every president until richard nixon on their papers. they didn't know that there were kennedy tapes until the nixon tapes were released and the kennedy family then told them that, you know that scene in the warehouse? well, the national archives didn't even know. president kennedy, president johnson, they assumed that the tapes that they were making would belong to them. well, when he cut a deal to try to get back the tapes, congress intervened and passed a special law. the nixon library is the only one covered by one law. that law stipulated that members of the public have the right to get an information. president nixon then sued. and it was
i do believe that richard nixon had a lot to offer the president on foreign policy. one of the things that i have to say is he believed in the big-play. we call it a hail mary pass. china was the huge risk. so he had a lot to offer. but i do believe, i know this for a fact that it was difficult for the tapes to be available. richard nixon, by the way, he was totally in his right to assume that the tapes belonged to him. because every president until richard nixon on their papers. they didn't...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam. were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> when given a chance to respond, here is what hagel said. >> the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> that point found broad support in our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll with nearly 6 in 10 americans saying the entire iraq war was not worth it. let's remember that the mccain/hagel grudge goes way back to comments, well, like these. >> well, i think our invasion and occupation of iraq represents one of the great blunters of american history, and we will pay a high price for this for a long time. >> now, that would be in march 2008. you remember, it's the year that barack obama won his first term as president defeating none other than john mccain. do you think mccain is still angry that hagel backed obama? holding a judge? no, never. if mccain played the betrayed besty, fel
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam. were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> when given a chance to respond, here is what hagel said. >> the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. >> that point found broad support in our latest nbc news/"wall street...
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, we can be sure that vietnam will continue to lurk in the foreign policy apparatus. you'd think we couldn't learn more of what happened in vietnam given the books and movies telling the tales but you would be wrong. one day, one graduate student researching post traumatic stress disorder searched through secret pentagon archives and interviewing vets and reading journals to uncover the story of american atrocities in vietnam. in a war where we killed more than 2 million civilians. the result is a book called "kill anything that moves" where he says the stunning scale of civilian suffering far beyond the result of bad apples but the policy. serious accusations of nick turs joining us now. i want to warn the viewers some of the images in this segment might be disturbing. but nick, the most important question, what is the value to america in unearthing this now and talking to americans about the things, the atrocities that happened in vietnam at american hands? >> well, thanks for having me on. i think it's incumbent on americans to know exactly what war is about, espec
, we can be sure that vietnam will continue to lurk in the foreign policy apparatus. you'd think we couldn't learn more of what happened in vietnam given the books and movies telling the tales but you would be wrong. one day, one graduate student researching post traumatic stress disorder searched through secret pentagon archives and interviewing vets and reading journals to uncover the story of american atrocities in vietnam. in a war where we killed more than 2 million civilians. the result...
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moreover, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines, without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans' strength and prospects abroad depend on american strengths and results at home. it's hard to tell the leadership of a number of countries that they have to deal with the i.m.f., balance their budget, create economic order where there is none if we don't provide it for ourselves. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama's vision for the world as he ends more than decade of war that we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and every one of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone. we cann
moreover, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines, without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans' strength and prospects...
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. >> were you correct or not to say that the surge would be the month dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question? the question is, where you're right or wrong? that is a pretty straightforward question. i would like for you to answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> hagel finally gave the answer on the surge that he wanted to give. >> i saw the consequences and suffering and horror of war, so i did question a surge. will this be worth the sacrifice? we lost almost 1200 american during that period was it required, necessary? >> how much of that exchange was political, how much was personal, and how much was related to the defense policy? >> 92, 11, 13. a lot of it was personal. one could not watch those hearings without feeling there were a lot of personal grudges but, even vendettas, being settled. >> center cornyn of texas says he cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and
. >> were you correct or not to say that the surge would be the month dangerous foreign policy blunder since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question? the question is, where you're right or wrong? that is a pretty straightforward question. i would like for you to answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> hagel finally gave the answer on the surge that...